{"id":642,"date":"2014-07-01T17:16:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T21:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/?page_id=642"},"modified":"2014-07-04T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T17:36:00","slug":"fischer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/fischer\/","title":{"rendered":"Page-Fischer"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_642'] = [\n{id: 860, image: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Fischer_TheJuneCherries.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Fischer_TheJuneCherries-e1404316595821-215x215.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/fischer\/#860\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>Johann Fischer<\/h1><h1><i>The June Cherries, I Picked 3 Pounds<\/i>, 1986<\/h1><p class=\"galleria-info-description\">Graphite and color pencil on textured white wove paper<br\/>Private collection, Courtesy of Galerie St. Etienne, New York<\/p><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/fischer\/#860\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<p><strong>Johann Fischer<\/strong> (Austrian, 1919\u20132008)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_441\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441\" class=\" wp-image-441     \" style=\"margin-top: -10px;margin-bottom: -10px\" alt=\"Johann Fischer, 2000, photo courtesy of Museum Gugging\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Fischer-Johann-www.gugging.at-2000-250x187.jpeg\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Fischer-Johann-www.gugging.at-2000-250x187.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Fischer-Johann-www.gugging.at-2000-399x300.jpeg 399w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Fischer-Johann-www.gugging.at-2000.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2000, photo courtesy of Museum Gugging<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Johann Fischer was born in Kirchberg am Wagram, Austria, in a farming family of seven children. He was trained as a baker but was recruited into the German army in 1940 and later captured by American troops. Following his release in 1946, he returned to work on his family\u2019s farm, but suffering from hallucinations, he began to receive psychiatric treatment; in 1961 he was committed to the Klosterneuburg Hospital in Maria Gugging near Vienna. In 1981, after years of working with residents and their art, psychiatrist Leo Navratil opened the Haus der K\u00fcnstler (House of Artists) on the Klosterneuberg Hospital campus. The group of residents, including Fischer, are collectively referred to as the Gugging artists and their work was initially shown in Vienna, before entering wider collections internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Fischer\u2019s early works depict animals and figures primarily in brown, black, and yellow crayon and colored pencil. From there, Fischer\u2019s drawings began including a wider range of color and text. Many of these later drawings are fraught with Fischer\u2019s thoughts and satire on society and politics, where his bird-like figures navigate a garish wider world, competing for space between and behind Fischer\u2019s narratives.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-642 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-postid=\"fsg_post_642\" data-imgid=\"860\" href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Fischer_TheJuneCherries.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/facesandfigures\/files\/2014\/07\/Fischer_TheJuneCherries-e1404316595821-215x215.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-860\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-860'>\n\t\t\t\t<i>The June Cherries, I Picked 3 Pounds<\/i>, 1986\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johann Fischer (Austrian, 1919\u20132008) Johann Fischer was born in Kirchberg am Wagram, Austria, in a farming family of seven children. 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